| Sunderland | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Shay Given | ||
| DR | Bernt Haas | DR | Aaron Hughes | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| DR | Jody Craddock | DR | Nikos Dabizas | ||
| DR | Joachim Bjorklund | DR | Andy O'Brien | ||
| S2 | MD | Stefan Schwarz | MD | Jermaine Jenas | |
| MD | Jason McAteer | MD | Gary Speed | ||
| MD | Claudio Reyna | AM | Nolberto Solano | ||
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | S1 | WR | Laurent Robert | |
| S1 | FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Alan Shearer | |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | FD | Craig Bellamy | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Patrick Mboma | S1 | FD | Shola Ameobi |
| S2 | MD | Tommy Butler | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Bobby Robson | ||||